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Kaz
08-24-2006, 08:35 AM
guns



guitars



I don't care if I do I do I do I do...



seventies headphones



sideburns



women



family



god



belt buckles



black



morals



history



trains



drugs



alcohol



traveling



leaving



coming back



leaving again



prison



camaraderie



humor



friends



strength



America



cars



Sun Records



putting paper in his guitar strings in the late 50's when recording "I Walk The Line" and wanting the sound of a snare drum (before drums were commonplace in recording studios)



modesty



there is no Cashland



still playing



love



life



walking the line



never changes



my dad likes him



rolls his own cigarettes



pissed - off



lights a candle in the dark instead of complaining about it



tells it like it is



quiet



dangerous



cowboy hat



boots



he's not a wimp



fists



John Henry



the working man



gets even with his foreman



respects women



great story teller



got dirty and came clean -- proves dirtier than ever



gives the finger on friends calendar



sweats



me and Tom Canning played along (we thought) to his songs on our plastic Mickey Mouse guitars when we were 8 years old



easy to understand



never went through disco



flower



beatbox



all-electric phase



Oney



Ira Hayes



tells about the plight of Native Americans



wouldn't do well in Japan



tall



Folsom prison



shot a man



mystery



compassion



passion



energy



subtlety



work ethic



image



fire



dusty



album covers



he'll never sound better on a CD than on a twelve inch thirty-three and one third revolutions per minute scratchy slice of vinyl



never smiles unjustly on album covers



June Carter Cash is cool



she's Johnny's woman



realizes he's a custodian to something greater - music



ducks in order



makes Bono look like even more of a wanker than he already is



probably makes anybody more wankerlike



carpentry



let's the Carter-Cash family singers out on stage in the middle of the set



but know's what's what and closes with just him and the boys



never heard him scream



never seen him naked



punk rockers (Oi) moshing at his Seattle concert



baritone



sorrowful



proud



never had sunken in rock star cheekbones



thinking about him took up almost an hour of my time at Cleveland Airport



Johnny Cash...wait a second...JC..JC...HE'S A CHRIST FIGURE!

- Taken from http://maninblack.net/reason/reasons.htm

Kellie
08-27-2006, 09:46 AM
Chuck Norris eat your heart out ...the real man of cool is Johnny Cash

scorpionf
08-27-2006, 12:46 PM
Kel... Johnny Cash has NOTHING on Chuck Norris! :agree:

Kaz
08-27-2006, 01:03 PM
Johnny Cash = Awesome
Chuck Norris = Bleh